6287B

The Sense of Smell

Artist: Villa Alta de San Ildefonso de Oaxaca Workshop
Title: The Sense of Smell
Date: 17th century
Medium: Lute-filled sgrafitto on inlaid wood (marquetería, taracea, intarsia, o madera embutida con esgrafiado relleno de pasta de zulaque). Decoration to the front of a portable desk (escritorio portátil) (Curiel 2019, II, Escritorio núm. 30).
Location: Private collection
Photo Source: Curiel 2019, II, 174.
Correspondence Credit: Curiel 2019, I, 228.
Note: There is a similar version by Nicolas de Bruyn. Yet, in this version, the female allegory of the sense of smell holds a flower on her left hand and faces to her left, whereas in the proposed source (6287A), like in the Villa Alta piece, she holds a flower on her right and faces to her right.
Item: 6287B